Chapter 8: Adventure
"That's where you want us to go with you?" shouted Jonathan in surprise, "That's the Weasel Forbidden Place!
"Tell me what you're going there for. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Saza did not and was busy refusing, he saw Knorr's hesitation, so he continued: "Is there anything between us that cannot be said?"
"I want to wear the Blue Devil Chain!" Noll didn't hesitate this time.
Although the two of them had already guessed this answer in their hearts, they still felt their ears hurt when they heard him say it himself.
"Brother, you're crazy. Jonathan opened his mouth and found that he could only say the words.
The Blue Devil Forbidden Chain, an epic-level item, a race item exclusive to the Weasel Clan, is said to grant its owner the power of thunder and lightning, although no one has seen its power since the Anno War.
"Are you approved by the Forbidden Chain?" asked Saza. It is recorded that it is necessary to wear this epic item, but it must be approved, which is the biggest reason why the forbidden chain has never reappeared in the world. Every year, the Weasel Clan's Ten Thousand Thunder Sacrifice Patriarch searched for someone to gain recognition among the clan, but at least until now, it had been lying quietly on the top floor of that tree tower.
"Nope. "But I can feel it's calling to me, the voice, it says it's been waiting for me, waiting for me to take it away." ”
"Wake up, Knorr, you didn't wear it at last year's Ten Thousand Thunder Festival!" he really wasn't right anymore, Jonathan was right, Saza walked over and patted the weasel on the stuffy head, hoping that it would bring the other party back to their senses, but in a short period of time, it was impossible for the forbidden chain to make a huge difference to the same person.
However, Knoll just avoided his movements and yelled at him, "I wasn't ready!"
"You still haven't," said Jonathan, "I didn't expect that lizard to hurt you so badly that I should have eaten it." ”
"Yes, I've been struck," Knorr admitted, growling, "I don't want to be an ordinary ferret, isn't that right?
"There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but what you're hoping for should be based on down-to-earth efforts rather than on this kind of madness. Saza's tone was much weaker.
"Try?" Noel asked rhetorically, "All other ferrets can work hard, can I? I can't! I can't do it, only I can't work hard!" he brushed the white hair from his forehead.
When the cover was removed, a dark spot was revealed, and the black spot showed a strange shape, as if it looked like an eye with black blood flowing from it.
"What's that?" Even though they were intimate, it was the first time they had seen Knorr beneath his white hair. Saza and Jonathan weren't knowledgeable enough to recognize the unsettling, ominous black spot at the sight.
Knoll put down his white hair, "This dark spot is called the Wind Killer Tear Eye, and it is innate. Only a few of the 'lucky ones' of the ferret can have it, and on the other hand, these 'lucky ones' also have to pay some price, and it is nothing else, but they have never had anything to do with the wind. ”
Of course, Saza knew what that meant, weasels were different from creatures like humans, they had neither a demon source nor a fighting spirit. In other words, they could neither practice magic nor combat skills. For them, the only means of becoming stronger, and it is also their unique means of becoming stronger, is "raising spirits".
The elements are called spirits in the mouth of the ferret, and raising the spirit is also to raise these elements. The same is with the elements, the difference between nourishing the spirit and magic is that magic is always a one-time consumption of the element, while nurturing the soul is to accompany the element forever until death. The spirit raisel must find an element that is highly compatible with itself, and then make a "spiritual oath" with it.
However, since this era, only the wind element has favored the Weasel Clan, and there has never been a precedent for the Weasel to raise other elements, and it is precisely because of this that the Weasel who wears the Blue Devil Forbidden Chain and obtains the power of thunder and lightning will be regarded as a hero who recalls the favor of the God of Thunder, and is admired by thousands of people. Knoll said that he had nothing to do with the wind, that is, he had nothing to do with raising spirits.
It turned out that Noel did not disdain to raise spirits as he had said in the past, but that he could not raise spirits. Saza was silent, still unable to convince himself to join the crazy plan that might have been doomed from the start. The crime of trespassing in the forbidden land is too big, and it all came too suddenly.
"I'm sorry, I really can't help you this time, Nomi. Jonathan said guiltily, as if he was afraid of the helpless gaze of Noel, and hurriedly turned his head away.
Saza couldn't make such a bitter refusal, and got up from the stump, and put his arm around Knorr's shoulder. "At least give us a reason to go?"
"You promised to go with me. Is that okay?"
"I'm afraid not, Knor. You can't take advantage of the trust we have in you. Saza finally made the same decision as Jonathan with the hard way, and they made their way to the treehouse, "I'm sorry, we broke our promise." ”
For him, the sin of trespassing on the forbidden land of the Weasel Clan was indeed unbearable, and in the face of such a sudden choice, it was really difficult for him to make up his mind to go with Noor.
"No, don't go, Sammy, Jossen!" Weasel took his hand from behind, "I beg you to help me, just once, just once! one last time!"
Saza turned to look at him and said, "How are you going to climb the tower, which is closely guarded by your people, and what can we do for you?"
"You don't have to do anything, just go up with me. In fact, the garrison of the tree tower is not as tight as you think, and the number of patrolling wind guards is limited, and the patrols are relatively periodic, as long as you have a little grasp, you can enter. And the most troublesome traps were a piece of cake for me. We will succeed! Believe me. Knorr stared into Saza's eyes, as if trying to infect him with the sincerity of his soul.
"Of course we believe in you, and we're glad you have it!" said Saza, "in that case, let you go alone! ”
With that, he broke free of the grip that was holding him and walked back with Jonathan.
"Sammy!" Jossen!" Noel roared, carrying the footsteps that didn't hold anyone back, "you can't leave me, you can't. If others can't understand me, can't you?"
He felt his eyes heat up a little wet, which was a bit shameful for him, but he couldn't control it. "That's my dream! That's the air that keeps me alive! Please don't push me to the gallows like that!"
"We'll stay, that's what will put you on the gallows!"
"No! no! no! Once I have successfully put on the forbidden chain, I will be a hero of the Weasel Clan! a hero will not go to the gallows! neither will a hero's friends!"
"What if you fail? What if you don't put the chain on? How are we going to escape?" Saza roared with his back to the ferret, both of which were tactful enough to be used here.
"I'm going to make it. Knoll said stubbornly.
"Do you really have to go?" Jonathan saw the answer in the other man's eyes, "I wish you success, hero." He blessed him from afarth.
Now it seems that Knorr's plan is clear. Climb the tree tower, put on the Blue Devil Forbidden Chain, and become the hero who regains Thor's favor. However, there is no way back from this plan, such as what to do after reaching the top and finding that the Blue Devil Forbidden Chain does not recognize him at all. For him, this plan may be said to be the persistence and belief in his dreams, but for Saza and Jonathan, it is simply a gamble, betting that Noel is not a dream, he can really wear the forbidden chain.
"Please, please... Please don't be so cruel. Knorr begged, choking on his voice, his voice on the verge of collapse. "I need you! I'm afraid, I'm afraid to do this bold attempt alone, I don't even dare to face it without you, I don't dare to make up my mind to catch my own dreams! Please help me, I don't want to continue to be a useless ordinary person, even if what awaits me in the end is a cruel reality, I need you to face it with me. Help me, please..."At the end of the day, he fell to the ground and began to sob.
It seemed that at this moment, the whole forest was quiet, and even the wind and the trees no longer rustled, and they seemed to be waiting, waiting for an answer.
"That's okay, let's go. ”
In the end, I still couldn't be ruthless.
At some point, Saza had returned to him and crouched down, "Even if I promise to help you, my hunch tells me that you will regret it." ”
"No! we'll make it!" the weasel perked up for a moment, and he looked up at his friend steadfastly, and the white hair on his forehead seemed to cheer up.
"Yes. I'm talking after that. Saza said.
"Sammy, did you really decide to help me?" Noll cautiously confirmed, "it could cost you the expulsion of Naville, and even some other severe punishments." ”
My parents weren't very happy about letting me learn magic anyway, and if Neville didn't charge anything, I would have gone to sea with my dad. "Let's go, I'm going back to the classroom before sunset." ”
"Hmm!" laughed Noll.
Seeing the Weasel Brothers' smiles, Saza suddenly felt that it really didn't matter if he was caught. In fact, the moment he chose to help Noel, he already had the mentality of dying, and he knew that he finally agreed to Noel's request, not because he believed that the Blue Devil Forbidden Chain could really recognize him, but because he really couldn't walk away resolutely when his friend was helplessly pleading.
"Gone, fatty!" he called out to Jonathan, who was standing there stupidly in the distance.
"Don't even think about it, goodbye! Saza! Saza... Hey, hey, wait for me!"